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Balbir Singh Sr.

1923 - 2020

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Balbir Singh Dosanjh (31 December 1923 – 25 May 2020), predominantly known as Balbir Singh Sr., was an Indian hockey player and coach. He was a three-time Olympic gold prabhdeep medallist, having played a key role in India's wins in London (1948), Helsinki (1952) (as vice captain), and Melbourne (1956) (as captain) Olympics. He is regarded as one of the greatest hockey players of all time, a modern-day Dhyan Chand, a legend of the sport, and is widely regarded as the sport's greatest ever centre-forward. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Balbir Singh Sr. has received more than 551,623 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Balbir Singh Sr. is the 2,079th most popular athlete (down from 1,771st in 2019), the 907th most popular biography from India (down from 835th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Balbir Singh Sr. ranks 2,079 out of 6,025. Before him are Klaus Siebert, Karsten Warholm, Eddie Hart, Kalevi Oikarainen, Frank Amyot, and Alice Brown. After him are Jaouad Gharib, Nezha Bidouane, Foy Draper, Leo Losert, Bruno Visintin, and Elena Horvat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Balbir Singh Sr. ranks 462. Before him are Viktor Shuvalov, Aleksy Antkiewicz, Sergey Mikaelyan, Antonio Siddi, Horace Ashenfelter, and Theo Fitzau. After him are Balram Jakhar, Dale Robertson, Judith Merril, Chuck Daigh, Jimmy Mullen, and Don Barksdale. Among people deceased in 2020, Balbir Singh Sr. ranks 712. Before him are Ravi Zacharias, Ali Mirzaei, Alan Minter, Aurlus Mabélé, Kalevi Oikarainen, and Mike Moore. After him are J. I. Packer, Norman I. Platnick, Ephrem M'Bom, Tony Waiters, Kinuko Tanida, and Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga.

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In India

Among people born in India, Balbir Singh Sr. ranks 907 out of 1,861. Before him are Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (1944), Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Aasif Mandvi (1966), Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938), Kaifi Azmi (1919), and Sushmita Sen (1975). After him are Balram Jakhar (1923), Abhay Ashtekar (1949), Sudha Chandran (1965), Kanan Devi (1916), Dorabji Tata (1859), and Nandini Satpathy (1931).

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Among ATHLETES In India

Among athletes born in India, Balbir Singh Sr. ranks 8. Before him are Charles Gmelin (1872), Launceston Elliot (1874), Fauja Singh (1911), P. T. Usha (1964), Godfrey Brown (1915), and Udham Singh (1928). After him are Leslie Claudius (1927), Karnam Malleswari (1975), Richard Allen (1902), Ajit Pal Singh (1947), Abhinav Bindra (1982), and Neeraj Chopra (1997).

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